We present you today with a new video for Mass Effect 2, featuring brand new game scenes. The scenes focus on the combat stages, giving us a good idea on how they’ll develop in game. Of course, these videos only increase the hype around the game, and the combat mechanics don’t seem to be very different from the first one, thankfully.

While we wait for the release of the game, still scheduled to be launched on January 29th, we’ll present you with the video. Enjoy!

In order to celebrate the launch of Tekken 6, the guys from Namco Bandai have published two new videos for the title, explaining the evolution of the saga during the years and presenting the European tournament. The videos are filled with played sequences, so worth watching it.

Before we leave you to the video, we remind you all that Tekken 6 is available from today! Enjoy the video!

After showing the first episode of the short movie Assassin’s Creed: Lineage that will act like a prequel to Assassin’s Creed 2, Ubisoft has brough us a triple interview to Patrice Désilets, Creative Director of Assassin’s Creed 2.

In the videos, Désilets talks again about some of the featuers that will distinguish Ezio Auditore’s adventures from his ancestor Altair: varied combat possibilities, many different missions and a great story that will keep players glued to the screens for hours.

Before we leave you to the video, we remind you all that Assassin’s Creed 2 is scheduled to launch for XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 17th, and for PC on the first trimester of 2010.

Enjoy!

Nintendo has finally confirmed the rumors that had been going around for a while now, about the new version of their famous portable console. The new DS, that will be named DSi XL, has one difference compared to the previous ones: a bigger screen.

The new console will feature a 4.2″ display and it’ll be available on the first quarter of 2010. There will be two touch pens (a big one and a smaller one) and three DSiWare titles already installed, two Brain Training and a DS dictionary. There will be three different colors: Dark Brown, Wine Red and Natural White. The price has been established in Japan at around 20000 yen (roughly €148), although it’s already confirmed that the prices will be higher than the DSi in the Western markets.

Ubisoft has released the first episode of Assassin’s Creed: Lineage, the short movies featuring live actors that will act as a prequel to Assassin’s Creed 2. This first episode introduces the character, Giovanni Auditore, Ezio’s father, who is trying to stop a conspiration against the powerful Medici dynasty.

In this first movie we see important characters in the Italian history such as Lorenzo de Medici, Rodrigo Borgia and the Duke of Milan, Galeazzo Maria Sforza. Before we leave you to the video, we remind you all that Assassin’s Creed 2 is scheduled to launch on November 20th for PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 and for PC during the first trimester of 2010.

Enjoy!

There was a video that leaked on the web and showed the third person mode on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It was a rumor until this morning, Infinity Ward decided to confirm it. Robert Bowling has revealed to the guys from Kotaku that the third-person mode will be in fact present within the game.

It will be an option within the player matches that will allow the player to set the camera to a third-person mode, bot in Normal or Veteran modes (although in this case, the realism goes down the drain as it’ll be possible to peek behind the angles with just turning the camera around).

We remind you all that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be launched for PC, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 on November 10th. Below is the leaked video so you all can have an idea on how the third person mode will be.

2K Games has published a new trailer showing the single player mode on Bioshock 2 on the CVG pages. The game should be launched next year, but 2K Games had already announced the intention of making it the biggest promotion for a game in the history of the company. We’ll have to see what they come up with.

Before we leave you to the video, we remind you all that BioShock 2 will be launched on February 2nd, 2010 for PC, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360. Enjoy!

Two websites, Inside MGC and PS3 Trophies have published the list of unlockable achievements and Trophies for Assassin’s Creed 2, respectively on their XBox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions.

Despite Ubisoft not having said anything regarding those lists, looking at both of them makes us think that they are indeed true, although we’ll wait for Ubisoft’s confirmation in any case. The lists are rather big, so just click on the links to check them. We remind you all that Assassin’s Creed 2 will be launched on November 20th for PlayStation 3 and XBox 360, while PC users will have to wait until the first trimester of 2010.

Valve has announced the availability on Steam of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, for those that pre-ordered the game for PC and XBox 360. Those users will be able to download the demo version of the game (containing the “The Parish” campaign and showing all the new features, including the new zombies) and wait for October 27th when the game will be playable.

The public demo version for all the other users will be available on November 3rd for the PC and the XBox Live Gold subscribers, and November 10th for the Silver subscribers. The final version of the game is scheduled to launch on November 17th for the PC and XBox 360.

How much will Ezio evolve in Assassin’s Creed II? Apparently there will be a lot of ways to do so, according to another developer’s diary released by Ubisoft, which we will present by the end of this post.

The character development will be a main aspect on the game, much more than what was seen on the first chapter of the series. Now, every change in equipment will be shown clearly on Ezio’s character, a joy for those who love that amount of detail.

We’ll leave you to the video now. Enjoy!